A Photographic Travel Album of New Zealand & Fiji, 1898

the album with hand written inscription to the title page that reads "New Zealand & Fiji, July to August 1898, John Ogilvie, Arrived Wellington from Sydney by 'Aorangi" Train napier thence coach via Taupō to Whakarewarewa, thence train to Auckland, train and steamer to Taranaki, thence train to Wanganui, up Wanganui river & train to Wellington, left Wellington in "Miowera" on August 1898, stopped a few hours on Fiji Island of ........Thence via Honolulu to Vancouver" images all 10cm x 7cm, each image with caption in pen, images include Wellington Harbour, Horse-drawn carriage,Taupo Hotel, Joshua's Spa near Taupo, Nelsons Hotel in Whakarewarewa, Native bathing children, hot pools, outside Auckland Station, Wanganui main Street, Maori house, Wellington Parliament, appearing to be under construction, Wellington Post office, various Wellington Street scenes, Wellington Harbour, Fiji, 'natives', grass houses, the album with 93 photograhps

Provenance: Recently found in Londonderry under the floorboards of a house during renovations.